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Re:Monoliths Are the Future by jsjohnst on Thursday January 30, 2020 @02:13PM (#22194369)
> It's easier to join tables in databases that live on a single server, in a single database platform

1) what if your data set is larger than you can practically handle in a single DB instance?

2) nothing about a monolith implies you have a single data platform, let alone a single DB instance

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Re:Monoliths Are the Future by BrentOzar on Thursday January 30, 2020 @03:02PM (#22194899)
> 1) what if your data set is larger than you can practically handle in a single DB instance?

I have clients at 10TB-100TB in a single SQL Server. It ain't a fun place to be, but it's doable.

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